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 Randy at Hozer Video Games has announced that he is now taking preorders for Ebvision's latest Atari 2600 game, Power Off!, as well as a contest to help promote the game. Evil Robots have taken control of the computer section of your ship. Deactivate them by tapping out all of the energy nodes before they detect you and roll you over! Hozer will be pre-selling Power Off! until November 1st, at which point he will mass mail the carts to everyone who bought one. The first person to send Hozer a secret message that appears when you finish the game will receive $50 and a game of their choice from Hozer Video. Visit Hozer's Power Off! page for more information. Good luck!
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 CyberRoach Magazine has posted hundreds of pictures from the 2002 Classic Gaming Expo. For those who weren't able to attend, I highly suggest you go and take a look at the great shots they captured, along with the commentary. And if you haven't seen it yet, you can also take a look at our CGE2K2 Report, for even more pictures. You can discuss CyberRoach's CGE2K2 gallery with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 PhillyClassic 4 has been tentatively announced for late April or early May. The organizers have launched a new web site to support the show and they say that more news will be coming soon. PhillyClassic is an annual classic gaming event held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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 Spurred on by discussions in the Stella Atari 2600 Programming List on how to force the Atari 2600 to generate an interlaced display, programmer Billy Eno (Warring Worms) put together the first binary using this technique, giving double the normal vertical screen resolution on the 2600. This technique allows the Atari 2600 to achieve a resolution of 525 lines vs. 262 that all existing 2600 games have been limited to.
Credit for this achievement can be attributed to many participants in the Stella list, but Billy was the first one to demonstrate it on real hardware. A new version of the Atari 2600 emulator z26 has been released with support for two demos that have been written thus far. You can download Billy's demo here, and a demo from Glenn Saunders (along with source) here. In addition, you can view a screen capture of actual TV output of Glenn's demo here, as well as a snapshot of the demo running in z26. You can discuss this achievement with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 We have just launched a new AtariAge Store where we are selling Homebrew Games, Hardware, Collecting Supplies, Books, and AtariAge Gear. For those of you wanting to purchase games we were selling in our booth at CGE, now's your chance to buy them online. These include Thrust Plus: DC Edition (with foot pedal controller), RealSports Basketball, Haunted House II 3-D, and more! Proceeds from the store go towards keeping AtariAge online and further improving the site. We will be adding more products as time goes on, and we are also working on a more sophisticated shopping cart system. Go have a look today!
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 We are proud to bring you the binary for another unreleased Atari 2600 prototype. This time it's for Snow White, a game developed by Atari but never commercially released. This game contains three screens and isn't entirely playable, but it's far enough along (we estimate at around 70%) that you can get a good feel for how the final game would have played. You can download the binary here to try in your favorite Atari 2600 emulator. And you can discuss Snow White with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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Ron Lloyd has selected the winners for the Koffi: Yellow Kopter Kontest! First place was awarded to The Hardesty's for their submission of an animated fox, pictured to the right. To quote Ron, "The submission of the fox immediately caught my eye from the beginning. As time went on and I kept seeing my favorites, I kept coming back to that fox! I really like the paw-raising and tail swooshing animation! The Hardesty's win a free copy of Koffi: Yellow Kopter plus credit in the final game!" Ron Lloyd also selected eighteen other entries to be included in Koffi: Yellow Kopter. Each entrant whose submission(s) are used will receive credit in the game. You can view all the entries on the Koffi: Yellow Kopter Kontest Page and discuss the results with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 5200 Forum.
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 Electronics engineer Carlos Lopez has revealed his plans to create an Atari 2600 on a single chip. This chip will include the Television Interface Adapter (TIA), 6532 Parallel Interface Adapter (PIA), and the 6507 core, all wrapped up in a single FPGA chip. One of the goals of this project is to allow the manufacture of portable Atari 2600 systems without having to salvage parts from existing 2600 boards (such as the TIA). Please visit Carlos' 2600-on-a-Chip page for more detailed information about the project. You can discuss this project with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 CGE Services has announced that the four new reproduction titles they were selling at this year's Classic Gaming Expo are now available for purchase online. These titles are Pick Up, Save the Whales, and Crack'ed for the Atari 2600, and Cube Quest for the Vectrex. Each of the titles comes complete with a professionally printed box, manual and cart. These games will only be available on a first-come, first-serve basis and supplies are limited For additional information about each game as well as instructions on how to order, please visit the CGE Merchandise Page.
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 Clay Cowgill informs us that he has developed a joystick interface for the Atari 5200 that allows you to use a Sony Playstation controller as a replacement for the Atari 5200 controller. You can use Playstation controllers in either digital or analog mode, and the adapter includes a pass-through connector so you can plug in a 5200 controller for the games that require keypad operation. There are other great features, including mapping of the most common buttons (Start, Pause, *, #) to the Playstation controller, adjustable auto-fire functionality, and more. Please visit the MasterControl 5200 page for pictures and more detailed information.
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 After relaxing for a few days following last weekend's 2002 Classic Gaming Expo, we've now had time to finish our report from the show. You can read our full report, view several hundred pictures, and even some video from the show. And if you haven't looked yet, we also have a gallery of all the Atari-related games released at the show. You can find links to all these pages from our main CGE2K2 Report page. We had a blast at this year's show and want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth to say Hello!
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 Fans of the Atari 5200 will be glad to learn that Ronen Habot (aka OldGuru) is now taking orders for his Atari 5200 game Castle Blast. For those unfamiliar with the game, Castle Blast is shoot'em up based on the 5th screen of the arcade game Phoenix where you take on the mothership. Castle Blast comes complete with a box, manual and cartridge. To learn more about Castle Blast, including a demo you can try in your favorite 5200 emulator, please visit Ronen's Castle Blast Development Page, and order the game here.
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 The first of our Classic Gaming Expo 2002 reports is now online, a pictorial of all the Atari-related games released at this year's show. We've put up cartridge, box, and manual scans of all the releases, along with additional information regarding each game. For those unable to attend the show, many of these titles can now be purchased, and information about how to buy each game is included where available.
By the end of the weekend we should have a detailed report about the show online, along with hundreds of great pictures taken during the event. Enjoy!
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 Simon Quernhorst has announced that he is now accepting orders for Mental Kombat, which made its debut at this year's Classic Gaming Expo. Mental Kombat is a two player puzzle game based on a concept developed by Simon and a friend originally for the Commodore 64. The game includes a box, manual, cartridge, pair of headbands, and button. You can learn all the details about Mental Kombat, including how to order your own copy, by visiting the Mental Kombat Development Page.
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 Thomas Jentzsch, author of Thrust for the Atari 2600, has started work on a new 2600 game called Robot City. Robot City is an 8K unreleased prototype on the Odyssey 2, and Thomas has thus far managed to squeeze it into 2K on the 2600. For screenshots, more details about the game, and a copy of the binary you can try yourself, please visit our Robot City In Development Page. Thomas is looking for feedback so he can improve the game as he continues to develop it, so please visit our Atari 2600 Forum where you can leave your comments.
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 Randy Crihfield of Hozer Video Games informs us that he is now selling copies of Fabrizio Zavagli's Space Treat and Paul Slocum's Marble Craze, both of which made their debut at last week's Classic Gaming Expo. The price for Space Treat is $20, which includes a manual, and Marble Craze will run $35 for the special edition version packaged in a great looking metal tin. You can order both titles by visiting Hozer Video Games.
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Jeffry Johnston (aka Calamari) has been hard at work on his Atari 5200 BASIC compiler, 5200BAS, and has released several new versions in the last week. The latest version is 1.92 and here's a list of recent changes:
 Added missile support to the PUT command
Added EXIT SUB, EXIT SELECT, IF...EXIT SELECT, and MISSILES statements
Fixed minor syntax checking bugs in the IF statement
Added optional height parameter to the PUT statement
Added AND and OR operators to the IF statement
Moved include files from 5200BAS.EXE to \inc directory
Added JOYTRIG2 function for reading the top controller buttons
Fixed JOYTRIG() bug when using controllers >0
You can download the latest version of 5200BAS at Jeffry Johnston's Atari 5200BAS Compiler development page, along with documentation, sample programs, and additional tools. You can also discuss the compiler with Jeffry and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 5200 Forum.
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 CinciClassic 2002 has been announced for October 4th-5th in Cincinnati, Ohio. Read the press release for full info. Excerpt:
"Cinciclassic, The premier Midwest video gaming event, will take place again at the Forest Fair Mall on Friday October 4th and Saturday October 5th. Gamers of all ages will convene for a weekend of playing, trading and discussing their favorite games."
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 Fabrizio Zavagli has released the binary to his new Atari 2600 game Space Treat, which was released this past weekend at the Classic Gaming Expo. In Space Treat, you control a ship that must reach the top of the screen, collect the tasty treat located there, and get it back to its base at the bottom. You can download the binary here to try in your favorite Atari 2600 emulator, as well as a text version of the manual here. Fabrizio has also updated his website at www.rasty.com. Enjoy!
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 Stuart Russel announces version 1.0 of PocketVCS, an Atari 2600 emulator for Pocket PC. Features include:
All rom types are supported. More than 99% of available roms are functional.
Complete installation including the profile file for all known roms. Compatible with Stella.pro file - Use your existing one!
Compressed (.zip) rom support, as well as .bin and .a26 roms.
Freely settable controls are 2 joysticks, 4 paddles, 2 keypads, 1 driving controller, and all console functions.
Save/ Load and Pause features. (Load may not work with all roms depending internal bios)
Onscreen controls for Select, Reset, Pause, and controllers (selectable), as well as every control assignable to keys.
Complete graphical menu system with friendly interface and quick help on initial run.
Landscape (Left, Right) and portrait modes supported.. Auto rotate of joystick controls for landscape modes.
Easy to use installer program - no more manual copying to your device.
and more...
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